Project Portfolio Management
Fall, 2011
9 am - 4 pm; $349; Baldwin-Wallace, Berea
6 PDU
Instructor: Lynda Carter
Project Managers who find themselves running short on support may be caught in the middle of too many projects and too few resources.
Project Portfolio Management is a process to help an organization gather and view information about multiple projects. It means the management of independent projects and programs to provide balance in the allocation of organizational resources.
This program covers the key processes of sorting, evaluating and prioritizing projects to achieve on-time deliverables within budget, and with plenty of support throughout the organization.
Target Audience: Project managers, senior management, anyone responsible for portfolio management or decisions on which organizational projects should be approved vs. canceled.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the strategic alignment and value of portfolio management
- Describe the key processes of establishing, evaluating and balancing a Portfolio
- Identify considerations for applying portfolio management in their own organizations
Course Outline:
- Objectives
- Portfolio Overview
- Terminology
- Strategic and Operational Connections
- Portfolio Responsibilities
- Portfolio Roles & Responsibilities
- Portfolio Lifecycle
- identify
- Categorize
- Evaluate
- identify &Analyze Risks
- Decision Matrix
- Graphical Comparisons
- Selection
- Capacity Analysis
- Balance Portfolio
- Risk Management
- Prioritization
- Maximize
- Communicate
- Monitor
- Tracking
- Leadership & Support
- Risk Management
- Business Strategy Change
- Application
- Key Questions for Implementing Portfolio Management
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